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Last updated 3/25/2012
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City Council Worksession 3/27/12
There was a discussion regarding a possible restructuring of the Public Works department. There are concerns over the extreme largess and all inclusiveness of the department. All council members seemed to see reason for some change with the exception of Brooke Nelson who said, "if it's not broken why fix it?" Other council members seemed to think it was indeed "broken".
There was talk of transparency in the search for a new finance director, including public input. Then the City Manager decided to hire a recruiting company (at a cost of nearly $20,000) to find one despite the city having it's own HR director.
Next they discussed the vision of Port Angeles. Which is something like "Port Angeles is a unique and diverse place in which people want to live and work" Here at the Examiner we question if it is a vision for the future if it says "is" followed by a statement not supported by our experience as particularly unique and diverse individuals. Clearly our vision needs work. The council decided that a survey had been done in the past and a new one to determine the communities vision should not be asked until after the big projects of the WFP and CSO are completed. What we are wondering is what if those big projects don't fit into the communities vision? Clearly Port Angeles is wandering without reason. Do we need a full time planner to find this vision? Or can we find a destination on our own?
There was talk of transparency in the search for a new finance director, including public input. Then the City Manager decided to hire a recruiting company (at a cost of nearly $20,000) to find one despite the city having it's own HR director.
Next they discussed the vision of Port Angeles. Which is something like "Port Angeles is a unique and diverse place in which people want to live and work" Here at the Examiner we question if it is a vision for the future if it says "is" followed by a statement not supported by our experience as particularly unique and diverse individuals. Clearly our vision needs work. The council decided that a survey had been done in the past and a new one to determine the communities vision should not be asked until after the big projects of the WFP and CSO are completed. What we are wondering is what if those big projects don't fit into the communities vision? Clearly Port Angeles is wandering without reason. Do we need a full time planner to find this vision? Or can we find a destination on our own?
Coming soon
Why does the city staff spend millions on consultants to do the jobs we pay them for?
| We will walk you through an in depth look at the city budget. Is it so fishy we could open a market?
| Bad policies. The benefits package for city staff is so sweet it can easily bankrupt the whole city.
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Can the FAA and the tree lovers both be happy with a harvest-able food forest?
A new proposal is in the works for Lincoln park, an orchard of food that can be gleaned by the community. More on this as it develops.
